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This is how I would map out the future


HAVE the lunatics taken over the asylum? I t’s bad enough that


we are to be plagued with a second disorganisation of local government within a quar ter century, without the infliction being reduced to the absurdity outlined in the November 25th issue of your paper. bet me stress that I


personally favour the retention of the present two-tier system. However, we live in a democracy and, if a majority opts for unitary authorities, so he it. Inevitably that will


entail a revision of the Kibble Valley, but the


proposals of the AUG are ludicrous.


maps indicates that a more viable alternative would be to combine the Kibble Valley with banc-aster, as


A perusal of your two


ceding some (if our southern parishes to Preston, Hlackburn and Burnley respectively.


indicated on my revised map, while simultaneously


bancaster/Itibble Valley authority would have its services north of the natural barrier of the Howland Pells administered from bancaster; those to the south from Clitheroe. This would entail minimum disruption of existing local authority services.


The combined An additional advantage


of this suggestion is that it would bring the populations of the bancaster/Ribble Valley authority and that of the Burnley authority into better balance, for both would then be within the 150,000 to 200,000 target.


JOHN IIUCKbE, Dale House, Dale Head, Slaidburn.


Now ‘locked’ into shopping locally


shopping


1 WONDERED if you might like to hear of an incident which hap­ pened to me on December (5th. I have always (lone my ljolieving that you can get


llitheroe,


all you need in the town, although sometimes it may be a bit more expensive than in the big towns.


could have happened to my little boys. I have learnt my lesson.


my Christmas presents in where I am treated with Clitheroe for my large family, but was persuaded by my daughter-in-law to go to Hlackburn with her. My so n w a s m a d e


I have bought most of always shop in Clitheroe,


redundant and at the moment is on a retraining scheme, so they are on income support with two small children and live in Blackburn. We had had a lovely


I will never go shopping in Hlackburn again. 1 will


courtesy and thought­ fulness. I hope the clampers and


the people who employ them have a happy Christ­ mas. I so nearly didn’t. It seems the car park


day, looking round and buying some toys for the children. The eldest child needed new shoes, but they were so expensive that we went to Tommy Hall’s, parking on a car park behind the building, which I honestly believed belonged to Tommy Ball’s. We were in a hurry, because I had to get back to Chipping to meet my two youngest sons, aged four and six, from school. We were in the shop less than five minutes. When we came out we had been clamped. The man was sit­ ting in his van waiting for us, but he must also have been watching us park for him to have had time to put the clamp on. We did wrong. We


belonged to Manhattan Heights, a nightclub. Did they really need the car jiark so much at 2-30 in the afternoon that they should inflict so much misery? How many other victims who innocently park there do they catch in a day? There are signs up, but they are about 10ft. up on the lamp-posts. We never saw them.


BARBARA EIDSFOUTH, 12 Old Hive, Chipping.


• A SPOKESMAN for Manhattan Heights Night Club confirmed that the car park in question belonged to the club, but said the spaces were sub­ contracted to businesses in the area.


deserved a parking fine. It was a genuine mistake by two women with two babies in a battered old car. The man demanded £50


there and then to take the clamp off. We didn’t have that much money with us. I was 20 miles or so from home. It was 2-30 p.m. and my two little boys would be out on the street at 3-15 p.m. We ple aded to be


called Pendle Clamping patrolled the car park and th a t th e n ig h t club received none of the revenue. He fu r th e r pointed out that there were nine signs telling dri­ vers not to park there and alerting them that wheel clamping was in operation.


He noted that a firm to Preston -


Longridge, HothersaT & Ribchester


to Burnley — Bead & Siraonstone


'to Blackburn — Balderstone,


Osbaldeston, Clayton-le-Dale, Salesbuiy, Mellor, Ramsgreave & Wilpshire


Fascinating line-up for the 1953 panto


ABOUT a year ago I was given a calendar in the form of front pages of


Clitheroe, Mrs J. Sher- liker and Mr E. Cambien present ‘The Pantomime’ — suddenly no more of this as the month of December 1953 covers up the rest. I couldn’t wait until I discovered what I was presenting. So off I went to my archives to sort it out — success. It was the pantomime


were a lot of local events about Christmas time. One advertisement reads: “The Hall, Lowergate,


“Cinderella.” The old pro­ grammes are a source of information, such as the cast: Patricia Wareing


Catholic Hall were a great success, sometimes play­ ing for two weeks: happy days when we produced our own live shows. We often tried to get some professional artist to send a few words for our pro­ gramme and this was the one for that show: “Would you please con-


(Cinderella), Jacqueline Crawford (Prince), Sam Bridge (Baroness De Broke) , Bill T ay lo r (Trixie, the ugly sister), Me (Buttons). Pantomimes a t the


a local newspaper dated December 11th, 1953. On the front page there vey to all your pantomime artists my sincere wishes


for a successful show. We ourselves have played ‘Cinderella’ — myself as Buttons and my wife as Dandini — and what a great time we had. Best wishes. Sincerely, George Formby.” In the programme we


Wilfred Pickles in his ‘Have a Go’ programme in the Parish Church Hall on January 19th. People wishing to take part are asked to send their name and address to the mayor, Coun. F. Dugdale.” Such happy memories!


got support for local firms and shops by our adver­ tisements. Looking back, you will be surprised at some prices: hot water bottle (Dunlop) (id, wheel­ barrow (metal) £3.19s.Gd, electric irons from 45/-, rose trees 27/- per dozen, Meccano sets £3.3s.0d. One local note reads: “details for the visit of


May I sign off with four lines 1 read recently about priorities and values: “It isn’t what we own or


buy that signifies our wealth, it’s the special gifts that have no price, our family, friends and health.”


EDMOND CAMBIEN, 45 Holland Prospect, Clilheroe.


Something rather special


MAY I, through your columns, express my thanks to the chairman and committee members of Kibble Val­ ley Rail, Regional Railways and associated organisa­ tions for their efficient and friendly service on the


Christmas Santa Specials. What better prelude to Christmas could have been


offered in the long-awaited resumption ut a regular service, which hopefully will be equally success™.


ERIC EDMONDSON, Queensway, Waddington.


allowed to send them the money. We gave evidence of who we were and where we lived. They had the car number. “Not my problem,” was


In a flip over egg custard


together £40. They let us go. How lucky we had not spent up. My daughter-in- law would never have got her car back from them. They charge a fee for every day it is left with them. The incident has shaken me up so much. Anything


Awarded personnel manager


title A FORMER Clitheroe man is now firmly at the sharp end of the business w o r ld , a f t e r b e in g awarded the title of per­ sonnel manager of the year. Mr Frank Sharp, who


judges unanimously picked Mr Sharp for his all-round excellence, which they felt had helped to enhance his company’s performance, as well as improving the standing of the personnel profession. Born in Clitheroe, Mr


works for Cheshire-based photographic firm Ilford, won the prestigious award for individual achievement b y a p e r s o n n e l professional. The c om p e t i t io n ’s


the reply. "If the car is still here in one hour, it will be towed away and then it will cost you £80 more.” We managed to scrape


SOME of the letters that 1 read in your excellent let- t e r s p ag e h av e an extremely interesting and informative content, gen­ erally written about local, national or worldwide issues. I felt it was time for me to wax lyrical about something that interests me and informs my life.


motorway on my way- home from work, when a vehicle passed me that not only caught my eye, but also that flooded my mind with childhood memories.


I was driving up the MG


become aglow with whirl­ ing transient modes of thought careering through a cosmic vapour of remem­ brance. The van that had passed me was yellow; bright yellow, custard yel­ low. A thousand dreams passed through my grey matter.


It caused my mind to WINTER ROUGHLEE THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFTl!


winter nights, our family huddled round a candle so that.from the outside, peo­ ple thought we could afford a TV; sharing spot­ ted dick and custard, trea­ cle sponge and custard, grated apple and custard, and, my own favourite, plain custard.


It reminded me of dark


! quiche, packed with meat 1 and fish and covered with solidified eggs.


Sharp began his career as a technician at Blackburn Royal Infirmary and is a former worker with the scientific and technical


phy and a cheque for £2,500 by Roger Farrance, the president of the Insti- tu t e of P e r s o n n e l


workers’ trade union, MSF. He was awarded a tro­


be an all-round success for Mr Sharp, as he has also gained an MBA from Man­


Management. This year has proved to


chester Business School and has served on several national and international committees. Mr Sharp now lives in


Cheshire with his wife and two children.


days through to the 19th century, cus tard had become a very popular dessert. The famous cook Mrs Beeton included the fine ar t of egg custard making in her famous cookery books. Custard also had its own place in British folklore. There is, to this day, a phrase “the custard winds of Whitby.” I must admit that custard has never had that effect on me, but everyone to their own.


I'l’nni those medieval


age of making custard with its traditional main ingredient, egg. The whole course of history was changed, along with the “ c u s ta r d w in d s of Whitby,” when, in 1821,


This was the magical


memory set my mind rac ing to the changes that we have all seen in custard over the centuries; since in days long gone by, cus­ tards were more like


This sudden flash of


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Albert Bird of Birming­ ham invented powdered custard because Mrs Bird was allergic to eggs. The downfall in the homage jiaid to real custard com­ menced. This was epito­ mised when clowns aban­ doned custard totally in their custard pies, and instead opted for shaving foam, which made just as much mess but was easier


to clean up. Custard (lies never affected the ozone layer before, did they? I am of course, emotion­


ally scarred because of the revelation that the custard of my youth was an impos­ ter and a fraud. I always thought that the “Birds” on the tin confirmed that


there were eggs in it! Perhaps there may be a few other egg custard


lovers in this area who may like to join with me to form an egg custard remembrance club? There is, of course, a moralistic angle to this tale. Every time you make custard from a tin, just think, you are putting a chicken out of work.


T. BLEAZARI), An egg custard lover.


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